Victims' Families Demand Explanations from Sarkozy over 2002 Karachi Attack
18 November 2010
Sarkozy is Asked to Explain Pakistan Bomb Mystery?, Reuters, 18 November 2010
EXCERPT: "Victims' families on Thursday demanded that President Nicolas Sarkozy be called for questioning about a 2002 bomb attack in Pakistan that killed 11 French people. A new line of inquiry into the bombing has brought up possible links to a murky affair of commissions paid for a Pakistani submarine order when Sarkozy was budget minister. Presidential...
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Sindh Police Have Worst Record of Rape, Human Rights Violations: Report
18 November 2010
Police Officials Still Involved in Rape, Human Rights Violations: Report, The Express Tribune, 17 November 2010
EXCERPT: "Dozens of police officials have been booked on charges of rape and other human rights violations of a serious nature during the last three years as the country is confronting unabated deterioration in the law and order situation. According to an official report submitted by the National Police Bureau to the ministry...
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Increasing Number of Pakistanis Weary of US Alliance: Analyst
18 November 2010
Pakistan Weary of US Alliance, ISN, 18 November 2010
EXCERPT:"As destructive terrorist attacks within Pakistan become more frequent and inflation rises further, an increasing segment of the Pakistani population seems unwilling to continue to bear the perceived costs of their country's alliance with the US ? and the seemingly never-ending 'war on terror'. Unfortunately, Obama's recent visit to India did not do much to...
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Pakistan, Lashkar-e-Taiba and the Naxalite Movement in India
18 November 2010
Pakistan and the Naxalite Movement in India, Stratfor, 18 November 2010
EXCERPT: "Indian Maoist militants, known as Naxalites, have been meeting with members of the outlawed Pakistani militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), according to the director-general of police for India's Chhattisgarh state. Based on information from a police source, state police chief Vishwa Ranjan said Nov. 11 that two LeT operatives attended a Naxalite meeting...
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